āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
sibilate
/sËÉĒbÉĒlËeÉĒt/
to sibilate
01
āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to hiss in a way meant to convey disapproval, dissent, or a negative reaction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
When the umpire made the questionable call, fans in the bleachers loudly sibilated their disagreement.
āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻšāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻš āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž
to voice something in a way that incorporates hissing speech sounds
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The snakes sibilate warnings at any nearby movement.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻ āĻ¨āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
utter a sibilant
04
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
pronounce with an initial sibilant
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
sibilation
sibilate
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
